I rather surmised that was the idea from a sentence or two, in these instructions," and he touched a bundle of papers on the desk.

"Careless way to carry such evidence around--shows the amateur.
Thought it would add to the appeal to justice for Henley to have a wife, I presume.

Why not a child also?
Permit me to state, my dear sir, that I possess no such encumbrance." "It happens," I contended coldly, "that I have seen the marriage certificate." He sat up stiffly, the sarcastic grin leaving his face, and replaced by an expression of vindictiveness.
"Oh, you have! As much a forgery as some of these other precious documents.

You win certainly grant that I ought to know whether I am married or not ?" "I made no assertion relative to that." "What did you assert ?" "That Philip Henley was married, and that his wife--or widow, as the case may be--is the lady who accompanied me to Carrollton." He leaned forward, both arms on the desk, his black eyes narrowed into mere slits.
"Oh, I see," finally.

"Driven out of one position, like a good general, you have another in reserve.